Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
In another 10 years, Delhi will record the world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution among all mega cities in the world. However it will be another Indian city - Kolkata that will record the highest number of such deaths by 2050. Kolkata will see its number …
The air quality of Delhi over the past one week has worsened from moderate and poor to very poor. Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 and 10 remain the major pollutants. The National Air Quality Index shows the figure reaching an alarming 391 (showing the high level of PM 10) at stations …
Of the 3.3 million premature deaths worldwide in 2010 caused by outdoor air pollution, about 0.65 million deaths took place in India. These deaths were in adults older than 30 years and children younger than five years. India has the second highest premature deaths caused by outdoor air pollution. With …
Even minuscule increases in the amount of tiny chemical particles -- by 10 micrograms per cubic metre of air, for example -- lead to roughly a 10 percent increase in risk of death due to heart disease, says a study. "Our data add to a growing body of evidence that …
Manufacturers of furniture, petrochemicals, automobiles and electronics in Beijing will start paying fees in October for emitting volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a source of air pollution, the Xinhua state news agency said on Tuesday. Pollution has triggered increasing unease in China, where smog blankets many major cities, including Beijing, home …
For the past year, a steady stream of villagers has been visiting Muhammad Naeem's home in this quaint mountain town in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. They come for one reason: to see for themselves the benefits of his solar water heater. "A solar geyser does not cause respiratory diseases, it …
NAVI MUMBAI: While the environment quality index (EQI) has improved in Navi Mumbai, it has become increasingly difficult to inhale clean air in the city. According to the NMMC Environment Status Report (ESR), the levels of particulate matter (PM10), PM2.5, carbon monoxide and methane in the air are beyond permissible …
Arsenic has been linked to disrupted immune function and greater infection susceptibility in highly exposed populations. Well arsenic levels above the EPA limit occur in our U.S. study area and are of particular concern for pregnant women and infants. The researchers investigated whether in utero arsenic exposure affects the risk …
The main objective of the air quality index (AQI) system is to interpret air quality in a standardized indicator to enable the public to understand the likely health and environmental impacts of air pollutant concentration levels monitored on any given day. The daily averaged concentration data of air pollutants of …
For researchers trying to untangle the roots of the current epidemic of asthma, one observation is especially intriguing: Children who grow up on dairy farms are much less likely than the average child to develop the respiratory disease. Now, a European team studying mice has homed in on a possible …
Jerusalem recorded its worst air pollution levels ever, at 173 times normal levels. In some other parts of the country, air pollution levels were at their worst for 75 years. Israel’s emergency medical service Magen David Adom reported that 340 Israelis received medical treatment as a result of the weather, …
It's completely invisible, but the distinctive smell of electrical discharge after photocopying is a tell-tale sign of ozone in the air. Ozone is a component of what we refer to as 'smog' and on hot sunny days, in cities with high traffic volumes, more ozone is formed. It's a problem, …
Hyderabad: Thanks to vehicular pollution, an increasing number of young people are visiting hospitals with disturbances in their cardiac rhythm and cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies and evidence presented in the European Society of Cardiology Congress stated that pollution has inflammatory effects on the heart leading to chronic cardiovascular problems. Researchers …
The monsoon dried up early over north India this year and Delhiites are already facing the consequences. With rains gone, the air quality in the capital started deteriorating sharply and has been in the 'poor' zone since August 28 — almost a month ahead of the normal trend. The early …
BEIJING - Ozone overtook PM2.5 to become the main air pollutant in China in July, and may remain so until the end of October, according to a report released Monday. China sees a regular pattern in terms of the regional and seasonal distribution of ozone -- the density is higher …
Women in Kenya are enjoying a higher life expectancy than men, living to an average of 67.5 years compared to 63 for men. On the whole, life expectancy has been increasing over the last two decades but has been strained by HIV/Aids and respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. A health research …
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of health loss over time and across causes, age–sex groups, and countries. The GBD can be used to …
MUMBAI: A mere 5.4kms separates toxic mountains of coal stored on Mumbai Port Trust land from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, one of South Mumbai's busiest railway stations. While much of Mumbai, including SoBo, has never seen the 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of coal lying along the city's eastern sea front, it …
China has recently made available hourly air pollution data from over 1500 sites, including airborne particulate matter (PM), SO2, NO2, and O3. We apply Kriging interpolation to four months of data to derive pollution maps for eastern China. Consistent with prior findings, the greatest pollution occurs in the east, but …
PUNE: The air quality is usually good in monsoon because air pollutants get washed away in the rain water. But, below average rainfall this year in July has resulted in a surge in pollution levels across the city. According to records of the system of air quality forecasting and research …
